不然谁愿意招惹这种人呢
“Who'd want to provoke someone like that?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I only tolerated him because he paid well.”
不然 谁愿意 招惹 这种人 呢
“Who'd want to provoke someone like that?”
女的长什么样啊
“What did the woman look like?”
“I wanted nothing to do with him either; I only tolerated him because the payout was high.”
Chinese pragmatics frequently uses rhetorical questions ('谁愿意...') to frame risky behavior as purely driven by practical necessity rather than personal malice or loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to provoke / to mess with / to get involved with
Typically used in negative sentences to warn against dealing with troublemakers or dangerous people.
this kind of person
Often carries a pejorative connotation referring to someone untrustworthy or unpleasant.
Softens the rhetorical question while inviting the listener to agree with the obvious logic.
